#919 – George Mack – How To Take Control Of Your Own Destiny
This post lists the books mentioned in the episode: Why Do We Date People That Need Fixing? - Dr John Delony. Mentioned Books Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life – Nir Eyal Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World – Cal Newport Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age – Sherry Turkle The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains – Nicholas Carr Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business – Neil Postman Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids—and How to Break the Trance – Nicholas Kardaras The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads – Tim Wu Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked – Adam Alter Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment—and Your Life – Jon Kabat-Zinn Dr. John Delony unpacks how modern culture has trained us to talk more and feel less, to intellectualize pain rather than hold space for it. His key insight: “We don’t need more advice. We need more presence.” Healing often happens not through answers, but through silent support and consistent action—being with, not fixing. ...